Ugly Talk

Episode 21 - Paranoia Agent

Released: May 16, 2018

Paranoia Agent is an animated program from Satoshi Kon, director of animated films such as Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika. Paranoia Agent was described as a way for him to use ideas that he wasn't able to fit into his other feature films, connecting the scraps into an anthology by way of a framing device.

In this episode we discuss the themes of Paranoia Agent and the meanings of anthologies, series, and serials.